English Country Lanes |
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| Author:
| Jones, Gareth L. |
| Series title: | Wildwood House Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7045-3070-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1988 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing, Limited
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| Imprint: | Gower Publishing Company, Limited |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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English Country Lanes is a lyrical celebration of the beauties of the lanes of the English countryside. Gareth Lovett Jones, who has travelled through and photographed the lanes for over twenty years, has produced, in a perfect unity of text and black and white pictures, the most comprehensive book on the lanes yet published.The emphasis throughout is on exploring by bicycle - 'pootling' in the words of the author - and the book rejects the stance of conventional guide books, which...
More DescriptionEnglish Country Lanes is a lyrical celebration of the beauties of the lanes of the English countryside. Gareth Lovett Jones, who has travelled through and photographed the lanes for over twenty years, has produced, in a perfect unity of text and black and white pictures, the most comprehensive book on the lanes yet published.The emphasis throughout is on exploring by bicycle - 'pootling' in the words of the author - and the book rejects the stance of conventional guide books, which lead the reader passively by the hand, and replaces it with an exhortation to pioneering independence.